Patreon Not Making Fee Changes
Added 2017-12-13 18:23:16 +0000 UTCHey! So, uh, whoah!
Here is the thing: I totally understand and support Patreon needing to make fee changes somewhere in order to fund their company, pay their employees, and turn a profit. It's just, as the small business using their service, I already expect that I am the one who will foot that bill! It's the same for when I use Square to charge credit cards at a convention, or every time a payment is sent to me through PayPal or Ko-Fi, or Topatoco sells my merchandise, or Comixology sells my ebooks-- they all take fees 'cos they gotta support themselves too. The fee hike that Patreon proposed is not unreasonable, it's just that they were offloading it onto the wrong people.
For those of you that stuck around, thank you so much.
For those of you that had to cancel your pledge, I totally understand and I so sincerely appreciate the support you shared with me already.
Basically, thank you everyone, including Patreon, for enabling me to do this work! I'll keep doing it until I can't ;)
xoxoxox,
Erika
Comments
Sorry it took me so long to respond to this. Keith Knight also talked about this. I was too lazy to quit so I just sent a support email to Patreon and said I might quit and just send you $ via Paypal instead.
Dale Peter Cipperley
2017-12-24 07:49:42 +0000 UTCI'm happy to have you here!
Erika Moen
2017-12-17 01:17:28 +0000 UTCAw, I appreciate your concern, but the fees really aren't that big of a deal /:) I'm actually a bit fuzzy on the fees for Ko-Fi, because it looks like it send funds through... your PayPal account? So I wonder if I wind up paying double fees through it; fees to Ko-Fi and also fees to PayPal? I don't even know. Long story short, supporting me on Patreon is great in my book!
Erika Moen
2017-12-17 01:17:05 +0000 UTCThank you so much for both, for the donation and for returning!
Erika Moen
2017-12-17 01:14:13 +0000 UTCHaha WELCOME BACK and thank you for returning!
Erika Moen
2017-12-17 01:12:34 +0000 UTCThank you so much for sticking around!
Erika Moen
2017-12-17 01:12:18 +0000 UTCYayy!! I'm happy to stay!
Fulcagay
2017-12-14 21:31:23 +0000 UTCI'm glad they changed it back, but now I can't un-know that for every $1 I send your way, you're paying a (relatively) big chunk of it in fees. I want you to get most of that meager dollar! What's KoFi's fee?
fred
2017-12-14 15:18:03 +0000 UTCI just added you back. Keep the PayPal $ - Happy Yule!
Hugh Eckert
2017-12-14 01:39:30 +0000 UTCReactivated as soon as I saw the news. I might not have even known about it if it weren't for your previous post. Thank you!
AnnGoose
2017-12-14 00:31:36 +0000 UTCThat is wonderful news and a good apology in a season of often terrible apologies. I continue to be a huge fan and backer of your work!
Eric Hortop
2017-12-13 22:58:16 +0000 UTCThank you!!!
Erika Moen
2017-12-13 19:09:24 +0000 UTCI've reactivated and increased my pledge. Thanks for your patience! I also want Patreon to succeed and thrive. I don't really mind seeing fees on my side. The deaggregation seemed terribly wasteful. This is great.
John Ashcraft
2017-12-13 18:57:03 +0000 UTC
